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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "may come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "trunk box" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "does not know the contents of the box" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a orphan scam.

Fraud email example:

From: Miss Mary Kaiou <divine_k2@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: misskaiou@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 12:32:57 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Dear respectful One

Dear respectful One

Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business relationship with you. I know this mail may come to you as a surprise, since we have not known or written before.

I am Introducing myself, I am Miss Mary Kaiou,16 years of age the only daugter of the late Mr and Mrs Kaiou. My father was a Gold and cocoa merchant based in Accra, Ghana and Abidjan(Ivory Coast), he was poisoned to death by his business associates on one of their business trips.Before the
death of my father on 29th June 2005 in a private hospital here in Abidjan.

He secretly called me on his bed side and told me that he has a sum of USD$9.5M (Nine Million Five Hundred Thousand U.S),deposited in a Security and finance company in (Abidjan Cote d'lvoire, that he used my name as his only daugter for the next of kin in depositing the fund.

He also explained to me that it was because of this wealth that he was poisoned by his business associates, that I should seek for a foreign partner in a country of my choice where I will transfer this money and use it for investment purpose such as expansion of his existing cocoa business and
real estate management here on how best to transfer thismoney to overseas please.

He told me that the fund is a trunk box as such the security does not know the contents of the box.

I am humbly seeking your assistance in the following ways:

1- To assist me in providing an account of yours where this fund can quietly be transferred into.
2- To serve as the guardian of this fund since I am still in the university.
3- To make arrangement for me to come over to yourcountry to further my education and to help me securea residential permit in your country.


Moreover, I am willing to offer you 15% of the total sum as compensation for your effort/input after thesuccessful transfer of this fund into your nominated account overseas, while 5% will be set aside to offset any expenses we may incur. Furthermore, you can indicate your option towards
assisting me as I believe that this transaction would be concluded within the shortest possible time if you signify interest to assist me.


Thanks For Your Kindness,
Faithfully Yours,
Miss Mary Kaiou.



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